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Casting for Screen - Selftape/Zoom meeting
Led by Casting Director Laura Windows
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3 hours / £24.00

Date: September 29th
Location: Zoom Meeting
Time: 18.30-21.30

Laura has worked in casting for over ten years and has worked at many of the most respected casting houses in the UK. Laura works as a Casting Director and Casting Associate with several well-known names. Shortly after starting out she cast a short film that was Oscar nominated. Laura is currently casting Absentia - Series 2 and The Outpost - Series 2.

In this online workshop, Laura will send out a selection of scenes for you to self-tape 4/5 days before the class. You will submit two takes of the scene by WeTransfer or Vimeo.

There will then be a live Zoom session where each self-tape will be shown to the whole class and Laura will give her feedback live. There will be time at the end for a Q&A.

The deadline for the selftape is 10.00am on Tuesday 28th September, with the live Zoom feedback and Q&A meeting on Wednesday 29th September, 6.30-9.30pm.

All self-tapes to be sent to The Actors Guild: mail@actorsguild.co.uk

Laura Windows: Lucky Man Series 3 for Sky, Carnival Row for Amazon, Nightflyers for Syfy and Origin for YouTube Originals are shows Laura worked on earlier this year as an Associate with Suzanne Smith. She worked on the Paramount drama Berlin Station, Mars, pilot seasons for CBS as well as the feature films Underworld 5 and Resident Evil 6: The Final Chapter also with Suzanne Smith.

Other credits include working with Laura Scott on projects such as DCI Banks for ITV - as Co-Casting Director on series 4 and Casting Assistant on series 3. She was also Casting Assistant on the ITV drama Tommy Cooper, Not Like this Like That.

Laura was UK Casting Associate to HEIDI LEVITT, working on feature films A Storm in the Stars (Dir: Haifaa Al-Mansour, 2015) and The Chosen (Dir: Antonio Chavarrias, 2014)  With Lucinda Syson and Elaine Grainger, Laura worked on projects such as 'Stardust', 'The Dark Knight' and 'Wanted' as well as the BBC/HBO drama 'House of Saddam' which was Emmy nominated for Best Casting.

Laura was also Senior Casting Director for Danny Boyle on the Olympic Opening Ceremony.

Click here for Laura's IMDb CV.

**Please note all contact or questions regarding this workshop should come through the TAG office. Please do not contact the workshop leader directly with questions**




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